Black Tar Heroin Found In Tyrrell County

By Bill Wilson&nbsp|&nbsp

Posted: Mon 10:53 AM, Jan 07, 2008

Black tar heroin, normally found in Mexico, has made it's way into rural parts of Eastern Carolina.

Tyrrell County deputies, with help from Beaufort County, arrested a Columbia man for trafficking in heroin. Santiago Medina was arrested Friday night. Deputies say they found 20 grams of black tar heroin, digital scales and other drug paraphernalia on Medina when he was arrested. Authorities also seized a 1997 GMC pickup truck.

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